Lawmakers at the Capitol debate eliminating a surcharge on traffic tickets that has been riddled with problems almost since its inception.
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Health care
Activists Rally for Home Health Care
Health care providers who treat profoundly disabled children at home face major budget cuts this session — cuts they say would devastate their industry and cost the state more in the long run.
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State Government
Paul Burka: The TT Interview
The senior executive editor of Texas Monthly on the biennial list of the Best and Worst Legislators, now coming together for the 20th time, on how he decides who’s in and who’s out, and on how this crop of lawmakers is shaping up.
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State Government
Paul Burka: The TT Interview (audio)
The Texas Tribune interview with Texas Monthly Executive Editor Paul Burka.
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State Government
Anchia: “It’s About Fewer People Voting”
State Rep. Rafael Anchia, (D) Dallas, expresses his concerns for the Voter ID bill.
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Guides
Texplainer: Why Is the Capitol’s Pink Dome So Shiny?
That’s what 1,200 gallons of fresh paint will do for a dome.
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State Government
Point of Order Derails Voter ID
Democrats stop Voter ID bill on a point of order. The bill now goes back to committee to fix before GOP returns it to Texas House.
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State Government
Anglo Democratic Lawmakers: From Endangered to Protected Species?
Anglo Democrats — an endangered species when the political mapmakers were working in 2001 — might be a protected species this year. Many of them represent districts full of minority voters they say are protected from disruptive redistricting.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Grissom on threats to re-entry programs for criminals, Hamilton on the tempest over the direction of UT, E. Smith’s interview with Joe Straus, Stiles and Chang’s new lobbying app, M. Smith and Weber on where state officeholders send their children to school, Aaronson on allowing new nuclear power plants, Aguilar on how Hispanic Republicans are handling immigration issues, Ramshaw talks abortion with Planned Parennthood’s Cecile Richards, Tan and Dehn on tapping the Rainy Day Fund and Galbraith on San Antonio and its water: The best of our best content from March 14 to 18, 2011.
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State Government
Neil Concedes to Howard in House Race
Dan Neil conceded to Democrat Donna Howard of Austin in the House District 48 race Friday afternoon, just days after a House committee turned back his challenge to the November election results.
